World War II Honoree

Walter Carlyle Harris

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Zillah, Washington

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

RANK: PRIVATE. HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS JUNE 10, 1944 AND COMPLETED BASIC COMBAT TRAINING AT THE MARINE RECRUIT DEPOT CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA. SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS ASSIGNED TO L-COMPANY, 3RD BATTALION, 7TH MARINES, 1ST MARINE ‘THE OLD BREED’ DIVISION. PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA (SUNDAY, APRIL 1-JUNE 22, 1945), CODE NAME: OPERATION ICEBERG, THE LARGEST AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT IN THE PACIFIC WAR OF WORLD WAR II. ON THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1945, HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION AND WAS BURIED IN THE FIRST MARINE DIVISION BATTLEFIELD CEMETERY ON OKINAWA. AFTER THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES WITH JAPAN, HIS REMAINS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FAMILY, WITH INTERMENT IN THE ZILLAH CEMETERY, ZILLAH, WASHINGTON.